Lecture (1) Intorduction

Spring 2012 GENN 001

Grading Policy
Final Exam 40% Mid-Term Exam 20% Course work Activities 40%
10% 15% 15% Quiz Project Assignments/Report

Course Objective
Make a Paradigm Shift
How to be a better Engineer

 A specific goal has a much greater chance of being accomplished than a

general goal. To set a specific goal you must answer the six W questions:
*Who:

Who is involved? *What: What do I want to accomplish? *Where: Identify a location. *When: Establish a time frame. *Which: Identify requirements and constraints. *Why: Specific reasons, purpose or benefits of accomplishing the goal.
EXAMPLE: A general goal would be, Get in shape. But a specific goal

would say, Join a health club and workout 3 days a week.

 Establish concrete criteria for measuring progress toward the

attainment of each goal you set.

When you measure your progress, you stay on track, reach your target

dates.
To determine if your goal is measurable, ask questions such as

How much? How many? How will I know when it is accomplished?

 When you identify goals that are most important to you, you begin to

figure out ways you can make them come true.

You can attain most any goal you set when you plan your steps wisely

and establish a time frame that allows you to carry out those steps. Goals that may have seemed far away and out of reach eventually move closer and become attainable, not because your goals shrink, but

because you grow and expand to match them. When you list your goals
you build your self-image. You see yourself as worthy of these goals.

 To be realistic, a goal must represent an objective toward which you are

both willing and able to work. A goal can be both high and realistic; you are the only one who can decide just how high your goal should be.
A high goal is frequently easier to reach than a low one because a low

goal exerts low motivational force.

Your goal is probably realistic if you truly believe that it can be

accomplished. Additional ways to know if your goal is realistic is to determine if you have accomplished anything similar in the past or ask yourself what conditions would have to exist to accomplish this goal.

 A goal should be grounded within a time frame. With no time frame

tied to it theres no sense of urgency. If you want to lose 10 lbs, when do you want to lose it by? Someday wont work. But if you anchor it within a timeframe, by May 1st, then youve set your unconscious mind into motion to begin working on the goal.

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 A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks

Charles Gordy I've never seen a smiling face that was not beautiful Smiling is infectious, You can catch it like the flu. Someone smiled at me today, And I started smiling too.
Peace begins with a smile

Mother Teresa

Project Group Forming!!

Each Group should have between 4 & 6 members
Group names will be submitted written at beginning

of next lecture.
Projects will be submitted just after midterm- exams

week.

Report Writing
Assignments will be evaluated according to: Creativity Integrity Relevance Appearance (cover page as template posted on the course page)
Cheating and plagiarism will be treated with negative

marks..

Assignment
Write 10 negative things you can find in your college!!

Propose solutions??? Write 10 positive things you can find in your college!!

Note: You may present your assignment next lecture!!